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  • Closure of Commercial Travel Office

    Fairchild's Commercial Travel Office closed its doors to walk-in customers on Jan. 2 due to a 33% drop in expected revenue. The Defense Travel Management Office made the decision to close the Fairchild office, as well as eight other CTO establishments who were experiencing similar decreases in

  • Fairchild inspection team provides UEI tips

    As Fairchild's Unit Effectiveness Inspection capstone event occurs next month, the base will continue to ensure Fairchild units' compliance under the Commander's Inspection Program by evaluating self-assessment processes."We've done a great job of standing up our self-assessment program," said Lt.

  • Winter weather adds to driving distractions

    Distracted driving can occur at any time during the year, but with ice and snow on the roads during the winter, personnel should be even more cautious, warns base safety officials. Distractions regularly occurring include eating, drinking, talking or texting on the phone, listening to music too

  • Getting ‘readi’ for cyber readiness

    In February, Team Fairchild will undergo its first ever Command Cyber Readiness Inspection.This is a Defense Information Systems Agency-led inspection designed to assess the security posture of Fairchild's unclassified and classified networks compliance with DISA security policy and directives."All

  • Town Hall Meeting raises questions concerning force shaping

    The 92nd Force Support Squadron personnel held town hall meetings Jan. 7 and 9, for enlisted and officer Airmen regarding the new force shaping programs, which will affect more than 700 Airmen across Fairchild. The Air Force as a whole is planning to downsize by approximately 25,000 Airmen and 550

  • Local media members travel to Transit Center at Manas

    From Dec. 10-17, local media near Fairchild Air Force Base were immersed firsthand in a week in the life of a deployed Airman from Fairchild going to the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan. The purpose of the media embed was to help the local community see exactly what Fairchild crews do every day

  • Fairchild's Finest: Senior Airman Ilya Demchuk

    Name: Senior Airman Ilya DemchukUnit: 92nd Civil Engineer SquadronDuty title: Contract Officer RepresentativeWhat do you do on a daily basis at Fairchild Air Force Base? I am a liaison between the Contractor and the 92nd Contracting Squadron. Currently, I oversee contracts to ensure that the

  • Fairchild Airman earns STEP promotion to technical sergeant

    Tech. Sgt. Vikas Kumar received his technical sergeant stripe under the Air Force's Stripes for Exceptional Performers program during a 92nd Medical Group commander's call at the base theater Dec. 18, 2013.Kumar serves as the 92nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron Aerospace & Operational Physiology Flight

  • Rules regulate target shooting, recreation on state trust lands

    State trust lands provide a habitat for native wildlife and access for a wide range of recreation activities, but have necessary rules designed to keep people safe. State trust lands are managed by the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission, the Washington State Department of Natural